Four more American soldiers have lost their lives in Afghanistan. NATO has released a statement detailing that three soldiers were killed...

Bombings and other attacks in Afghanistan took several lives over the past few days, including four American troops. Five Afghani police...

Atish Rex Ghosh, the Policy Review Division Chief within the the Policy Development section of the IMF released a fictional thriller...

In response to Western calls for the Afghan government to meet the challenges facing the country, President Hamid Karzai set 2015 as the...

Afghanistan’s Defense Minister, Abdul Rahim Wardak, announced his plan to increase the number of national troops substantially, bringing...

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday. She pressed President Karzai to tackle corruption,...

Security issues, monopolies, corruption and political misconduct are all working to drive business investment in Afghanistan out of the...

In recent weeks, we at the Brief have posted numerous articles on the debate surrounding Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s evaluation of...

NATO Secretary General Rasmussen (via Wikimedia Commons) While the Obama administration continues its much publicized internal debate...

The long-running (and often troubled) Land Warrior program may be getting its first break. Positive reviews have been coming back from...

Blood can be seen on the floor of this cell at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Via WikiCommons/Truthout. The Pentagon is blocking the public...

Tehrik-i-Taliban Spokesman Azam Tariq. Via Screenshot-Youtube/AlJazeera. In a video today, Azam Tariq, a spokesman of the...

Last week two U.S. paratroopers went missing in the Morghab River, where Afghanistan borders Turkmenistan.  Twenty one year-old Benjamin...

The Obama administration’s deliberations over how to proceed with the war in Afghanistan has transformed into a battle of between...

A new development model in Jurm has raised hopes for Afghan villagers. Via NYTimes. Small grants given to villagers in the small valley...

US intelligence reports are indicating that al-Qaeda has become increasingly dependent on Taliban factions in recent months.  Some...

Karl Eikenberry, the US Ambassador to Afghanistan, has warned against greater troop presence.  His dissent  focused on the extent of...

Insurgents Display Captured U.S. Weaponry. via NY Daily News/Al Jazeera. The Afghan National Police and NATO- led forces seized 250 tons...

Japan announced a pledge of at least $1 billion per year over the next five years just ahead of a visit by president Obama. Defense...

Navistar International Corp. announced that it has received an order for $348 million dollars worth of medium-sized tactical vehicles...